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Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes.
Not all changes will affect you. Translations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2018/45> are
available.
*Recent changes*
- You can now use TemplateWizard
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Extension:TemplateWizard>
to
edit templates. This works only with the 2010 wikitext editor
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:WikiEditor> and
not in the visual editor or the 2017 wikitext editor
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/2017_wikitext_editor>.
If you click on [image: Puzzle icon]you can enter the information in a
pop-up. You can turn on TemplateWizard in your beta feature preferences.
[1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T202545>
*Changes later this week*
- You can choose to see edit conflicts in a two-column view. This is a
beta feature. You can find it in your preferences. The interface for the
two-column edit conflict will change. You can read more
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Edit_Conflicts#Solution:_Solving_edit_conflicts_line_by_line_(new_beta_feature)>
.
- When you edit with the visual editor you can use the "Automatic"
citation tab. This helps you generate citations. You will now be able to
write plain text citations or the title of a journal article or a book in
this tab. This will search the Crossref
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Crossref> and WorldCat
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:WorldCat> databases and add the top
result. [2] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T198567>
- [image: Recurrent item] The new version
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/wmf.3> of MediaWiki will
be on test wikis and
MediaWiki.org from 6 November. It will be on
non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 7 November. It will be on all
wikis from 8 November (calendar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.33/Roadmap>).
*Meetings*
- [image: Recurrent item] [image: Advanced item] You can join the
technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers
can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 7 November at 16:00 (UTC)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181107T15>.
See how to join
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Advice_IRC_Meeting>.
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//Johan Jönsson